Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Tennessee

People considering careers as service worker managers can find job and education opportunities in Tennessee. There are currently 1,750 jobs for service worker managers in Tennessee and this is projected to grow by 12 percent to 2,420 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the state growth for service worker managers projects to be less robust than the national trend that shows a 15 percent. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

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State figures show that service worker managers in Tennessee earn $14 per hour or $29,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Also known as the Volunteer State, Tennessee has a population of 6,296,254. It has seen its population grow by 10.7 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Nashville. There were 3,759,569 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Tennessee earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $34,833, up from $34,156. The unemployment rate in Tennessee was 10.5 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.8 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.6 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Tennessee, the top employers are in bakeries manufacturing, bread product manufacturing, commercial bakeries and household cooking appliance manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The Tennessee Aquarium is the largest facility of its kind to focus on fresh water habitat. It features 7,000 animals and 300 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. One of the unique tidbits about Tennessee is the only person in American history to be both an Admiral in the Navy and a General in the Army was Samuel Powhatan Carter who was born in Elizabethton.

Service Management

Service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

While working, they collaborate with staff members to plan and develop programs of events, schedules of activities, or menus. Also, they analyze and record personnel and operational data, and write related activity reports.

They are required to make use of strategies for learning about new situations and problems as they arise and note the reactions and responses of others in both work and social situations.

Service worker managers must be able to articulate ideas and problems. They should also have the ability to listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, service worker managers must have strong self control in the face of challenging situations and be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly.